German Government Adopts First-Ever National Security Strategy

The German government has adopted the country’s first ever National Security Strategy, which enshrines the main principles and measures to counter potential external threats to the state in the coming years, according to a document distributed on Wednesday. “The determining factor” of the document’s development was Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, the “Zeitenwende” or “tipping point,” as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it. According to the German government, it was necessary to create a 40-page document, enshrining the concept of ensuring security on the country’s and NATO’s territory, including in cyberspace and space, countering external influence and espionage, protecting…